Hurt gained further prominence portraying Garrick Ollivander in the Harry Potter film series (2001–11), as well as appearing in the 2004 and 2008 Hellboy films, V for Vendetta (2005), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Outlander (2008), and Snowpiercer (2013).
Iannis in Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001), the recurring role of the benign wand-maker Mr. Ollivander in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010), the tyrannical dictator Adam Sutler in V for Vendetta (2005) and the voice of The Dragon in Merlin (2008).
In 1996, Ollivander was captured and tortured by Lord Voldemort. He was rescued in 1998 by Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Dobby. After he was rescued, he imparted important information regarding wandlore to Harry, helping Harry in his understanding of the Deathly Hallows.
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What was John Hurt's last role?
That year he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and he died in 2017. Hurt's last roles were an elderly barfly in My Name Is Lenny, a terminally ill screenwriter in That Good Night, and the head of the Israeli intelligence agency in Damascus Cover, all of which premiered later that year.
Once an alcoholic, he gave up smoking and drinking after his fourth marriage (2005). He did the film History of the World: Part I (1981) because he had just gotten through doing two seriously dramatic films, The Elephant Man (1980) and Heaven's Gate (1980), and said that he wanted to have fun and do a comedy.
The Diagon Alley version of Ollivanders has more available rooms and therefore regularly lower waits. In addition, if you're a big Potter nerd (like some of our staff) Ollivanders is canonically in Diagon Alley anyway.
The British actor, who appeared in films including "Midnight Express," "The Elephant Man" and, more recently, the "Harry Potter" franchise, died after a battle with pancreaticcancer, his agent said. He was 77.
He had English as well as German, Scottish, and Irish ancestry. No relation to Sir John Hurt (Alien (1979), The Elephant Man (1980)), despite a popular misconception.
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, our beloved Weasley patriarch Arthur suffered a brutal attack from Nagini – Lord Voldemort's snake companion – while guarding the Department of Mysteries; an attack that seemed like it could be his end.
Cast. John Hurt as John Merrick, an intelligent, friendly, kindhearted man who is feared by most people in his society because of his severe deformity.
The Smoking Man is portrayed by Canadian actor William B. Davis. When Davis first took the role, the character was written as an extra for the pilot episode. He returned for small cameo appearances during the first season, making increasingly more appearances in the seasons that followed.
In the early years of the Space program, smoking everywhere was considered normal. But NASA was ahead of its time. After members of the "Original Seven" were seen smoking on TV, NASA was concerned about the squeaky-clean image the astronauts and urged the astronauts to quit smoking.
Hurt's was not a conventional incarnation of the Doctor; although Hurt portrayed the ninth in chronological order, he is officially known as the War Doctor.
Sir John Hurt, CBE (1940–2017) was an English actor and voice actor whose career spanned six decades. He had roles in over 130 films with dozens of television roles.
Originally Answered: Why did John Hurt's Doctor regenerate at the end of "Day of the Doctor"? So that we could see the connection to the Ninth Doctor, Christopher Eccleston. The Time War Doctor came between Paul McGann's 8th and Eccleston's 9th, and we saw him start to regenerate into 9 which closed the story loop.
Archsepton Harrion is a recurring character in the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons. He is played by starring cast member John Hurt and debuts in "Valar Dohaeris". Harrion is the Archsepton of the Ashlands and the main religious leader of the Faith of the Seven clergy in the Wastelands.
Ollivander was widely considered the best wandmaker in the world, and many wizards and witches buy their wands from him. In 1996, Ollivander was captured and tortured by Lord Voldemort. Ollivander was rescued in 1998 by Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Dobby.
Ollivander, it turns out, had not decamped or voluntarily joined the Death Eaters. Actually, they are holding Ollivander captive at Malfoy Manor. His screams are heard from the cellar below their meeting room, seemingly in response to Voldemort's statement that he, Voldemort, shall be the one to kill Harry Potter.
"It is unknown how old he is, but in conversation with Harry Potter, he discusses making a wand for Lord Voldemort, who would have received his wand around 1937, making him older than Dumbledore."
Wandmaking/Wandlore: Gregorovitch owned and operated a wand shop to highly successful standards, being at least on par with the very brilliant Ollivander, and according to some, was more skilful than even him.
